The United Nations’ Special Rapporteurs have called for investigating the issue of subjugation of women’s rights in Afghanistan by the Taliban as gender persecution after reports of women being subject to lashings. In Afghanistan, the violation of women’s fundamental rights, which are already “severe and unacceptable,” have risen in recent months, the experts said according…
UN Experts Call for Investigating Taliban’s Treatment of Women After Public Lashings
November 27, 2022
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